All language subtitles for The.Alfred.Hitchcock.Hour.1962.S01E09.The.Black.Curtain.DVD

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm pleased you can spend this hour with
me.

Quite pleased, if you don't mind.

I have some very interesting pets on
sale here.

For yacht owners, I would suggest an
albatross.

They are intensely loyal and will follow
you anywhere, circling for hours over

the spot where your ship sinks.

For those of you with swimming pools, if
your friends and neighbors are taking

advantage of your generosity, may I
suggest one of two pets, the ever

-popular hammerhead shark or the Siamese
crocodile.

Both are quiet but efficient.

They can clear a pool as fast as a TV
commercial can empty a room, which

brings us to this next item, a pet
peeve.

There he comes.

It's Ennsville, man. He knows you. He
ain't gonna see me.

Don't miss, huh? Get out of there.

You have the time, mister?

Yes, sir.

A couple of boulevard pigs mugged him.

He's going to get you something.

He must live around here.

I've seen him in here a couple of times
before.

Sorry.

You've got quite a wallop.

got out, I was paying you my fare.

I felt dizzy.

How's that again?

Well, I told you I was feeling kind of
funny.

You trying to say that you was in my
cab?

What do you mean?

Oh, look, Mac, if you're trying to cook
up some kind of an insurance deal,

forget it.

You weren't my passenger.

I had a bundle.

A package with my army uniform inside.

Two punks slugged you out there. You saw
it through the window.

You were taking me to City Hall.

I was going to meet my girl.

We're going to be married.

At one o'clock in the morning?

You're not the same driver.

You could make book on that.

He must have had some bachelor party.

I better call a doctor. No, no, I'm all
right. I think we ought to call the

police. No, no, no.

They couldn't have gotten away with
anything.

I'll report it in the morning.

It's your skull.

I keep telling everybody this is no
neighborhood for walking at night.

I've got to get to my girl's place.
She'll be worried.

What's your name?

Phil Townsend. Where does your girl
live?

Riverdale. It's quite away from here.

Will you take me there?

Look, Mac, that's what I get paid for.

I said your name was Phil Townsend.

Yeah.

I was just...

to discharge from the service this
morning. I went to buy some clothes.

Can we go, please?

Remember, I picked them up right here.

That's funny. I thought there was a
vacant lot over there.

Thanks a lot.

Forget it.

I'm sorry about what happened when I
thought you were some kind of a nut or

something. I don't blame you for that.

Good night. Bye.

It's me, Phil.

What's going on out there?

Virginia.

Virginia.

What do you want?

Tell your friend to be quiet, Mr. Green.

We got other tenants.

I don't even know the guy.

Mr. Fisher.

Who is it?

It's me, Mr. Townsend. Who?

Virginia's fiancée.

There is no Virginia here.

Virginia Morrison.

She introduced us last weekend. We were
supposed to be married today.

You are drunk.

Go away.

No, no, I'm not.

Hey, take off, buddy, before I call the
cops.

What kind of a place is this? I've got
to get up at six o'clock.

He ain't drunk. He's got a clap on his
head.

He's looking for his girl.

Virginia Morrison.

I guess I must have forgotten which
apartment.

Morrison?

She's not here anymore.

Look, I know she must be mad at me, but
if you could just tell me where she

went.

Can't you help the guy out?

I'll look if she left an address.

She must think I stood her up.

She probably gone to some friends or
something.

Sure. What was he?

In a fight?

No, he was mugged.

Ain't you afraid of getting cold or
something?

I never catch nothing.

Other guys, they get pneumonia.

This is the address she left.

It ain't far.

Come on.

I'm coming.

Oh, no.

Honey.

Get out, Phil.

Get out of here.

Ginny, something happened to me. I don't
care.

Just get out of here.

What are you doing here?

Whose place is this?

What do you want from me now?

What do you mean, now?

That's my baby.

It's time for her feeding.

My husband may be coming home any minute
now. You have to leave.

Your husband?

What husband? We were supposed to be
married today.

What are you talking about, Bill?

I haven't even seen you for three years.

Three years.

I took a taxi to meet you at City Hall.

That's all I remember.

Phil, you can't stay here.

You don't know what my husband is like.

I'm looking for three years of my life.
Well, you won't find them here.

Must have lost my memory.

Didn't you even try to find me?

Oh, yes.

I went to the police.

Do you have any idea what that was like?

The whispers to each other? The funny
smiles?

It happens all the time, miss.

No hospital reports, nothing in the
morgue.

Some people just get nervous and they
disappear on their wedding day.

You believe I'd leave you like that?

No.

So I went to a private detective.

I borrowed everything I could to pay
him.

My furniture.

My car, my salary.

But who is he?

I've got to see him, talk to him.

No, you can't do that.

Why not?

Because he can't help you.

He never found out anything. He never
found a trace of you.

But what would be the harm? He's my
husband.

He was very kind to me.

Until after I married him.

And then it started.

He was just like the police.

That same smile, the sly little
questions about how things had been

between you and me.

After that, it was any man I ever talked
to.

I can't leave this house.

Because he might telephone and come home
and I won't be here.

You've had a life for three years, Bill.

Go back to it.

Go back to where?

Anything come to you?

Initials again.

DW.

A key to a place I don't remember.

Eighty-seven dollars and change.

It's a nice watch.

To David with love.

Root.

Does it ring a bell?

Well, at least we know what the D stands
for.

I guess you better take me to the police
station.

Maybe Ruth, whoever she is, is looking
for me a little harder than Virginia

did.

Ain't you got any relatives?

No.

Hubling's Drugs.

That's where I drove you from.

You didn't get these tonight.

Could I live around there?

The drugger said he'd seen you before.

Look, Mac, maybe I'm sticking my neck
out. You know what I mean?

I don't think the police is such a good
idea.

Well, you know, the money, the clothes
you're wearing, the watch.

It don't go with that neighborhood.

I don't get you.

Maybe DW is in some kind of trouble.

I've never been in trouble in my life.

I'm not talking about you.

I'm talking about him.

It's hot, Charlie.

Let's get out of here.

Hey.

You left your lights on.

I killed him for you.

Thanks.

The first time was maybe two, maybe
three weeks ago.

How often did I come in?

Not more than half a dozen times, I'd
say.

Did I ever get a prescription filled?

Anything with a name on it.

Oh, you ever bought the cigarettes?

Always at night he came in?

Midnight till 8 a.m., that's my shift.

Now, maybe you could talk to the day
man.

And you ought to see a doctor.

Thanks. If it helps any, it seems to me
you always come from that direction.

What do I do? Knock on doors?

Who am I?

Where do I live?

I'd ask you to spend the night at my
house, but my old lady, she's okay, you

understand?

She gets upset easy.

You've done enough.

You want to get in touch with me, call
the company. Ask for Mari.

Mari Epstein.

Let me know how you make out, huh?

Sure.

Well, what day is it?

It's Friday.

Oh.

Saturday already.

September 24th.

Virginia and I would have been married
for three years.

Ah, you never know.

That might have been worse than the
problem you got now.

After a good night's sleep, you'll be a
new man.

Look, there's a hotel over there. It's
cheap but clean.

Everybody's known as John Smith.

Okay?

Okay.

Thanks.

followed me again. Now go back to your
room. Please, don't go.

He's just a few feet behind me, Dave.

Are you Ruth?

What's wrong with you?

Uh, anything wrong there, miss?

Oh, no, no, nothing.

He's a policeman. Will you please go?
I've got to talk to you. I'll come to

you tonight. Now just go.

You remember the address?

Of course I remember the address.

Then tell me. I want to be sure.

431...

I'll get off your back when you start
doing some work around here.

Couldn't even empty the garbage. I don't
eat here. Where do you eat, I'd like to

know? With what? You don't work. Horses
work.

And mothers with sons like you.

My key seems to stick.

Bernie, come help.

The gent's key gets stuck.

After you

It

is

a kind of tricky sometimes yeah, it's
tricky world

Leave it open a minute

I'm kind of tired. That's what I want to
show you.

Hey.

What did you do that for?

I just wanted to save a word.

I found it in a parked car.

Here's something else I found.

What do you want?

Nothing.

Unless you want to buy this picture I
took.

Careful. You might ruin it.

And it might be the only one there is.

This guy DW for instance He never had a
picture taken according to the newspaper

clipping in the wallet

You

want to buy this one you just let me
know

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Hitchcock Hour.

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our story.

What are we hanging around for?

Can you think of something better to do?

You're a regular bundle of joy, aren't
you?

Sure. We're all going to be rich.

Look, you really think you're going to
get any money out of that gun?

You leave it to me.

Maybe there's a reward we can get.

No cops.

Hey.

Now that's nice.

You looking for us, baby?

Care to go to a party tonight, miss?
We're going to have seven violins and a

dancing band and flowers and everything.

Come on.

Wait a minute.

It's your house?

Yeah. Well, who is she?

I'll let you know. Wait here.

Excuse me.

I... I don't know how to begin.

But except for this afternoon, I don't
remember ever seeing you before in my

life.

My name... My real name is Philip
Townsend.

Does that mean anything to you?

I don't know what you're in with me or
why, so... If you want to walk out, go

ahead.

But whoever you are, I need you.

I'm trying to open a door that's been
closed for three years.

And you're the only key I've got.

Yes, sir?

Detective.

Private detective.

Have you ever seen this man?

It's an old photo.

Recognize him?

Nope.

You barely looked at it. That's all I
ever do, mister.

Even with the regular police.

I have two professions.

Pharmacist and coward.

You don't remember anything at all?

No.

Not even me.

I told you.

I'm sorry.

That's all right.

I guess I always knew this would happen.

We used to talk about it sometimes when
you... you tried to remember who you

were before you came to work for my
uncle.

I was afraid that...

When you did remember, you might be in
love with someone else.

Are you?

I don't know.

I was.

Married? No.

Three years are too long for it to wait
to marry somebody else.

How long have I known you?

Three years.

Well, then... I must have gone to work
for your uncle.

But that didn't happen.

How did I get there?

How did I get another name?

Carlin brought you. He said your name
was David Webber.

I thought I shot him.

Who is he?

He's a private investigator. My uncle
hires him sometimes to get evidence in

cases.

Private investigator.

She hired a private investigator to find
me.

Is Colin married?

His wife had a baby a few months ago.

He found me.

He found me. Don't you understand?

They didn't tell her. Dave, please.
Don't call me that.

All right.

Now calm down.

If you get one of your headaches, you
don't know what you're liable to do.

What do you mean?

What I'm liable to do?

You know how you get.

I don't know anything!

Honey. Honey, please.

I'm sorry.

Sit down and have a cigarette.

All right, now go ahead.

Where do you want me to start?

The murder.

When did it happen?

About a month ago.

The newspaper clipping said that your
uncle's place is in Westchester.

You live there with him?

Yes.

I also said I was a bodyguard.

Why did your uncle need a bodyguard?

He's a criminal lawyer.

He turned down a racketeer in a tax
evasion case, and there were some

threats. Maybe that's how she was
killed.

The man was convicted. He's been in jail
for over two years.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

But then your uncle didn't need me
anymore.

Why did he keep me on?

Because of me, I guess.

What was I to you?

Was. Past tense.

I love you.

Not that it matters now.

Sorry.

It's a big house.

You had a separate apartment over the
garage, and that... That's where her

body was found.

How could it happen?

It's like a black curtain.

I lived there.

Somebody died there.

I can't even remember.

The afternoon of the night it happened.

Uncle Bob gave you some errands to do.

He was in the study preparing a case
waiting for Carlin.

I could see that you were getting one of
your migraine headaches the way that

you'd get before you'd pass out.

You mean actually pass out?

Well, not... Not always physically, but
mentally.

Often?

Three, four times, all told.

Anything else?

You... You smashed up your room once.

You wouldn't remember the weekend we
went to San Francisco together.

No.

But it was just shortly after Uncle Bob
married Janice. I

thought you were getting too friendly
with her. I was jealous and we

quarreled.

Did I hurt you?

Tell me.

Yes.

I ran out.

In the morning. He didn't remember
anything about it.

And the night she was killed.

I had some things to do in town. When I
got back, it was dark.

Your door was locked. You didn't answer.

So I... I went up to the main house.

Uncle Bob and Colin were in the study.

They hadn't seen you.

So... I walked... I walked all around
the grounds

trying to find you.

Gone. You were down by the fish pond.

Just sitting and staring.

You looked up at me and you said, God
help me.

I just killed her.

Well, who is she? She's nothing.

But he's a gold mine. Hey, you guys want
to make a buck?

Know him?

Eisenhower.

Zero crime?

Twenty bucks.

I don't know him. You know him, Chuck?

I don't know him.

You guys live around here?

No, we're from Palm Beach.

Hey, Bernie, 20 bucks.

I'll blow your nose.

We got a chicken to pick.

And when the cops stop snooping around,
we're gonna pick him clean.

I'll fix you something to eat.

I'm not hungry.

Didn't anybody try to help me?

Don't you remember... I'm sorry.

I begged you to see a psychiatrist, but
you refused.

The doctor asked me to let him know if
you showed any signs of... Of what?

Destructive tendencies were the words he
used.

Like smashing up the room?

Would you let him know?

No, I... I was afraid of what they might
do to you.

Like sending me away someplace?

Locking me up?

Yes. Someplace where I might have been
helped?

You didn't want help.

You really believe I killed that woman?

Do you?

You didn't do it intentionally.

But I did do it.

Is that what you mean?

I'd better go.

Where?

Home? Look, I want help, Ruth.

You offered to give it to me.

Help me to understand why a murdered
woman was found in my apartment after I

passed out.

Explain to me why I ran when there were
three other people on the estate who

might have killed her.

Did you tell me the wrong, Ruth?

You're dead, didn't you?

I didn't want the police to get you.

Neither does Carlin. Nobody wants the
police to get me.

Could it be that the trial might bring
out something?

I'm getting out of here.

If you can't go out there, Carlin will
kill you.

How do you know he's there?

He knows you live in the neighborhood
from this morning. Thanks to your expert

guidance.

Phil, I'm only trying to help you. Are
you really?

Of course I am.

Well, I can't go out there.

And you bring Carlin here.

What? He's the answer.

He'll be looking for you. Find him and
let him follow you back here.

It shouldn't be too difficult. You said
he's in the neighborhood.

I've got a gun.

What's the gun at this point?

Do I have any choice?

I've got to see him, talk to him, try to
make some sense out of this.

I can't go on hiding from something I
don't even understand.

Please, Phil.

If you want to help me, get Colin.

There she is again.

Hey, sweetie, baby.

Love has come into my life once more.
I'm in love. I'm in love.

Hey, baby, you want to reconsider that
party now?

You know, you're breaking my heart
wandering around here.

I wonder where she's headed.

Hiya, baby. How about a little drink?
It'll warm you up.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Come on!

Now listen, Townsend.

Oh.

You know my name, don't you?

You knew it for three years.

And I didn't. Why didn't you tell
Virginia?

I fell in love with her.

You had amnesia. You wouldn't have
remembered her anyhow. Don't you

understand? I understand.

I understand I've been living like a
wild animal, hunted and shot at.

Who killed Mrs. Burke?

You did.

Why would I do it?

She was much younger than Burke. She was
chasing after you. How do you know that?

Burke had me watching her. You weren't
the only one. Were you one of the

others? No.

Who killed her, Carlin? I told you.

She was found in your apartment. Yeah, I
know that in my apartment.

The time when I had one of those
headaches you all knew about.

The perfect Patsy, the guy from nowhere
with no memory.

But who killed her?

Look, you didn't know what you were
doing.

Temporarily and sadly, I'll help you.
I'll help you. Will you?

For life in a cage?

A life you've taken from me twice
already.

Dave. I told you not to call me that.

Oh, no, Colin.

If I lose this life, it's going to be
for something I do remember.

For you.

No. No.

All right, Colin.

Berg killed her.

That Uncle Bob. He couldn't have. I can
prove it.

I have the clothes he was wearing.

I have bloodstains.

Go on.

Burke got the idea to frame you when you
blacked out. He took a wrench from the

garage. He killed her and put her in
your room.

When you came to and ran, he told me
about it, asked me to help.

Are you trying to kill me to cover up
for Burke?

If a man named David Webber could be
found face down in the street, my wife

would never know that I'd found you.

I wouldn't lose her.

Your wife.

I'd better call the police.

I'll have to go to the station with him,
make a statement.

You don't have to come back.

Will I see you again?

I'm going into a veteran's hospital for
a while.

Find out how things really are with me.

Some of the things that David Webber did
must be in me.

I could have killed him.

We've really known each other less than
a day.

I know.

I hope I see you again.

I hope so, too.

I really do.

That is all for tonight.

I'm afraid I must abandon the pet
business. They're eating me out of house

and home.

Listen to the poor dears, and I'm
completely out of food.

But soft, I see the sponsor approaching.